Interactions for Baritone Saxophone and Percussion

Zachary Cairns

General Info

Year of Published: 2015
Duration: 00:06:20
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $29.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

Movement 1: Hock-ish
Movement 2: Tandem

Instrumentation

Player 1: Baritone Saxophone
Player 2: Marimba & Tambourine & 3 Concert Tom Toms & Bongos & Temple Blocks & Kick Drum

Program Notes

Interactions for Baritone Saxophone and Percussion presents two types of musical interaction. The first movement, “Hocket-ish,” involves a modern recasting of the ars antiqua compositional technique of hocket, in which a single melodic line is presented by multiple, rhythmically interlocking voices. In this piece, the approach to hocketing differs in every phrase, and is strict in some cases, and loose in others. The two instrumentalists play a melody that limps its way along through a metrically uneven landscape, trying desperately to find a comfortable groove, but never quite getting there. Throughout, the percussionist is asked to be simultaneously a participant in this hocket (marimba) and an unpitched, drumset-like accompanist to it, requiring a great deal of physical choreography as he or she moves among the various instruments. The more aggressive second movement, “Tandem” finally allows the performers to find the groove they were seeking throughout the first piece.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Beyond the Sequestered Grove - Marimba
Concert(in)o for Marimba and Wind Quintet - Marimba; Woodwind Quintet
Interactions for Baritone Saxophone and Percussion - Multiple Percussion; Baritone Saxophone
Rhythmic Ceremonial Ritual - Percussion Septet